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I love Red Phoenix though. The only similar scents I can think of are LE, and Blood Moon can be hard to find these days. But Alone was re-released with the Poe scents at Dark Delicacies very recently. I think there's a possibility that they share a patchouli note or that there's an unlisted drop of cardamom in RP and Blood Moon that I pick up.

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Tanin'iver is definitely the closest GC scent I've found to Red Phoenix. I'm wearing both of them now to compare. Although, bizarrely, Tanin'iver is smelling more like the Red Phoenix I remember than Red Phoenix does... I guess my bottle is quite old by now, and it's a bit less fruity than it used to be. Now that they've dried down they smell very similar, the main difference seems to be the tobacco in RP.

I would classify Midnight Kiss as the same general "type" of scent but I find it's dominated by the cocoa and blood wine note, which is quite different to the spicy incense with red fruit that is my main impression of both Tanin'iver and Red Phoenix.

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That was me, silly! (Unless GRR also suggested it, in which case shut my mouth!) I was just popping in here to mention it, but you beat me to it. Sorry it didn't quite work for you. I'm going to make my friend bring the imp of AL that I gave her the next time we meet for coffee so I can try it on myself.

No need to be sorry - I think it's good to hear when more than one person agrees on a comparison like this, especially when you both come up with it independently. I haven't smelled Sea of Glass in ages but I really loved Archangel Winter, it was one of my favorite Yule blends from last year. So I'm definitely looking forward to trying Sea of Glass again.

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I'm just getting around to trying my Lupercalia scents, and "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" reminds me a lot of Envy. "Shepherd" is a bit sweeter and more floral, but the herbals are definitely similar.

And speaking of Envy, I also find it to be a decent replacement for "The Oblation". It doesn't have the fruitiness or quite the hit of lavender, but again, the herbals are similar.

Oddly, I don't find "The Passionate Shepherd" and "Oblation" to have much in common at all. "Shepherd" is much more subtle and sweet in a floral way where "Oblation" is fruity and sharp.

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So I'm not the only one who notices similarities between Tombstone and Love's Philosophy? I like both, but OMG, Tombstone is so marvelous. It makes me think of ghost towns in the desert wind... But there are days when I don't want the desert.